Indonesia's notorious traffic congestion was on display for the world yesterday after the country's president was forced to walk two

The traditions of Myanmar's hermitage, of which the Burmese military remains a purveyor, sometimes come to the fore in awkward ways.

The United Nations “suppressed” its own report that criticised its strategy in Myanmar and warned that the global body was ill-prepared to deal with the imminent Rohingya crisis, the Guardian reported yesterday. The review, submitted by a consultant in May, offered a highly critical analysis of the UN's approach and said there should be “no silence on human rights”.

Two senior United Nations officials, who wrapped up their mission in Bangladesh, have said the appalling situation for the hundreds of

Struggling to cope with the massive influx of Rohingyas, the government has allocated 1,000 acres more at Kutupalong in Ukhia of

India yesterday pledged its full support to Bangladesh to effectively cope with different dimensions of the crisis emanating from the

Militants will get no place on Bangladesh soil even if they enter the country as Rohingya refugees, Director General (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed says.

A Rohingya refugee is detained from Saturia upazila of Manikganj district.

Stopping Rohingya refugees from crossing India's porous eastern border with Bangladesh is straining the resources of guards battling to halt a flow of smuggled cattle in the opposite direction, security officials say.

Two senior United Nations’ officials stress for urgent funding for Rohingya refugees, who escaped persecution in Myanmar and entered Bangladesh.

A further 1,000 acres forest land will be allocated for expanding the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar, increasing the allocated land to 3,000 acres, the relief and disaster management minister said today.

The UK government's Department for International Development (DfID) in collaboration with IOM, the UN Migration Agency, organises a major airlift of relief items to help some of the more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in neighbouring Myanmar.

William Lacy Swing, director general of the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM), issues a personal plea to intervene to end the suffering of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque is likely to meet Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar when the Rohingya crisis is expected to be discussed, Indian media reports.

The international community must help ensure that Rohingya refugees are not forced back to Myanmar as long as they remain at risk of serious human rights violations following the army's vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing, Amnesty International said yesterday.

The international communality's solidarity must match Bangladesh's efforts in dealing with the Rohingya refugee crisis, says the chief of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Dhaka yesterday sought support from the United Nations to ensure the repatriation of Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh

Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen says it is not possible to recall the Nobel Peace Prize from Aung San Suu Kyi despite international criticism.

The international community must help ensure that no Rohingya refugees are forced back to Myanmar as long as they remain at risk of serious human rights violations following the army’s vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing, Amnesty International says.

Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh amid a fresh exodus from strife-torn Myanmar have described whole villages being emptied and thousands marching to the border as security forces redouble efforts to drive remaining Muslims from their homes.